Family: Wife Sona produced movies; daughter of Mike Partayan of Mike's Camera; son Nicholas senior at Peak to Peak; son Dimitri in eighth grade at Peak to Peak

How long have you lived in Superior? 17 years

Professional background: Clinical psychologist in a private practice until 2004; since then, president of LDS Coaching... consulting, executive coaching, leadership development, life coaching, published more than 100 articles, three CDs, motivational speaker

Political/community experience: Served for 6 years as vice president in the Rock Creek HOA; for the last six-and-a-half years as a town trustee of Superior ; currently serving as the mayor pro-tem of Superior

Education: Graduated from UCLA with a degree in psychology; went on to receive my M.A. and Ph.D in psychology at the California Graduate Institute

Name a person you admire and explain why: My mother (deceased), who taught me to love unconditionally and never to judge people.

What's the top concern facing Superior right now? Economic development is my main concern. Even though we're going through such a difficult time economically in the United States and in Colorado these past few years, we are very blessed here in Superior to be so financially stable. Year after year, we meet and often exceed our yearly revenue projections, which obviously has a direct impact on our budget. We're still able to purchase open space, build first-rate parks and other recreational areas and meet our citizens' needs. However, we are overly dependent on two-to-three businesses for much of that revenue. We've seen what happens when a major business closes its doors (see our good neighbors to the north: Louisville with Sam's Club closing). We don't want to be in that position, therefore we need to bring more development and business to Superior.

What ideas do you have for attracting new retail and stimulating existing retail in town? We as a board and as a town need to change the perception that we are difficult to work with or that we don't like developers. Unfortunately, because of some past decisions, that is the perception. We must all work collaboratively to open our doors and say, "We welcome your business." To me it's key that we are viewed as being business friendly. Superior is the gateway to Boulder County. We must take advantage of our geographic location.

How critical is it to take the right approach to developing Superior Town Center? We will only get one chance to develop the Town Center so we need to do it right the first time! It's been a long time coming. This will become the heart and soul of Superior! We are very excited about the prospects we have in front of us.

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